transitive verb

1. to throw things at; strike with or as with missiles
2. to beat or pound heavily and repeatedly
3. to throw or cast (missiles)

Etymology: LME pelten < ? pelote, pellet

intransitive verb

1. to beat or strike heavily or steadily, as hard rain
2. to rush or hurry

noun

1. Now Rare the act of pelting
2. a blow

noun

1. the skin of a fur-bearing animal, esp. after it has been stripped from the carcass
2. the human skin: a humorous usage

Etymology: ME, prob. back-form. < OFr peleterie: see peltry